The Queue: Today I learned Misty's real name is Kasumi
by Alex Ziebart 
Feb 28th 2011 at 11:00AM
You know, I don't really care where the fire hawk mounts come from. I've already decided that it will be mine regardless of source. Tier 12 achievement mount? Going to get it. WoW TCG? Going to get it. Blizzard store? Doesn't matter. Going to get it. Why? Because it's fracking Zapdos, that's why.
Surrich asked:
I noticed that a lot of the WoW Insider writers thought it was a GOOD thing that Zul'Gurub and Zul'Aman are coming back. How can you get excited over recycled content?
I can't speak for the entire staff, but for me personally it's a question of how much of the content is recycled. Certainly art assets have been, but look at an instance like the Deadmines. The revamp of Deadmines was, in my opinion, incredible. It advanced the story of the Defias Brotherhood and every single encounter was brand new. We weren't fighting Edwin VanCleef with more HP. We met Vanessa VanCleef, who became one of my favorite characters in WoW ever. I'm actually quite sad she's already dead!
If a recycled instance advances the story and brings new encounters and new material to the table, I'm okay with them reusing select art assets or reusing a location. After all that's happened in the game since we first cleared out Zul'Gurub, do you think nothing else has happened in there? We'll probably see even more of this as this expansion progresses. And in the next expansion? I bet we see recycled Burning Crusade instances. Maybe a return of the Shadow Council will inspire a revamped Shadow Labyrinth. You know, one with fewer trash mobs.
kenny asked:
Why are there a ton of twilight drakes working with Deathwing in Cataclysm, but only a few black drakes? Are they almost all dead lore-wise?
Yes, the Black Dragonflight is fairly close to extinction. When Deathwing started to lose his grip on sanity, the rest of his dragonflight went with him. Reproduction was less important, and they suffered a lot of losses due to their aggression. All of Nefarian and Sinestra's crazy experiments in trying to create a Chromatic Dragonflight or the Twilight Dragonflight is an attempt to bolster (or replace) the remaining ranks of the Black Dragonflight. Oh, and to maximize their ability to murder things, of course. That's important to note.
Yurt asked:
Why do you guys talk so much about the PTR? Some of us want to focus on what's in the game now, not what might be in the game later.
If you've been reading WoW Insider for long, you've probably noticed that we try to have at least a little content for every sort of player out there. Raiders, PvPers, hardcore players, extremely casual players, people who have been playing for the last six years, and people who picked up the game last week. We try to have something for everybody, but that means not everything is for everyone. That's okay though -- do you buy the Sunday newspaper and read every single article in it? Unlikely. You probably read whatever catches your eye on the front page and then skip to whichever section is your favorite.
Many of our readers want to know all of the details of the PTR, so we will provide. We also have readers that care little for the PTR, and I'm not sure anybody can claim we don't cater to that audience as well. If you look at our front page right now, you probably see more non-PTR content than PTR content. Don't rail against what you don't like. Just don't read it. There's still quite a bit there for you. If there's something you think we should be covering and we're not, please let us know!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 11)
Saroc Feb 28th 2011 11:02AM
Zapdos and Moltres TBH.
Skarn Feb 28th 2011 12:11PM
Abandoned love child of Moltres and Zapdos forced into transportation of countless random WoW players?
Not any worse than being stuffed in a tiny ball, is it?
Tarvos Feb 28th 2011 12:40PM
Cool as that mount may be, I'll take an Articuno mount over Zapdos/Moltres any day of the week!
Aurilia Feb 28th 2011 12:43PM
@Skarn Where do you think mounts go when we're not using them?
Drakkenfyre Feb 28th 2011 12:43PM
I would suggest anyone who has never been to the Exodar go to the Hall of Lights, and look down.
This is an old thing, but it's appropriate now.
http://tagn.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/exodarpokeball.png?w=460
Coopaloop Feb 28th 2011 1:01PM
So I think the only possible MMO that could "replace" or "beat" WoW would be an Pokemon MMO. I understand all the legal stuff would make it hard, but tell me if it was well done that would not be the ultimate MMO
Tankadin Mar 1st 2011 7:48PM
What's a "newspaper"?
woshiernog Feb 28th 2011 2:09PM
@ Coopaloop
That what I've always said. There is much money to be made and no one want to make it. Someone needs to find an effective way to protect the kiddies from the bads.
Necromann Feb 28th 2011 1:51PM
Oh memories, I used to be obsessed with pokemon. The red/blue/yellow were the best. I want that mount also.
RogueJedi86 Feb 28th 2011 4:12PM
Obligatory repost of my "ArticUNO, ZapDOS, MolTRES" post.
Also, Kasumi/Misty was a lucky translation. Kasumi means "mist" in Japanese, and the translator lucked out on there also being a female name in English that also means "mist". So Misty's name is actually one of the more clever translations in anime(not just Pokemon).
The only one from Pokemon I'd put higher is the "The world will turn to ash/Ash" line from the Pokemon movie that those 3 legendary birds. Since Ash's name is Satoshi in Japanese, that line didn't exist in Japanese. I got chills in that Pokemon movie when it was pointed out that it referred to the world turning to Ash, not to ash.
shadcroly Feb 28th 2011 4:21PM
@Tarvos I'd rather have a Lugia mount. Counts as both an underwater mount, a ground mount, and a flying mount. *nodnod*
Raginghobo Feb 28th 2011 10:21PM
A wild Alex Ziebart appears!
Irontoof Mar 1st 2011 9:50AM
Ho-oh ftw.
WaterRouge Feb 28th 2011 11:04AM
That's definitely Moltres bro...
WaterRouge Feb 28th 2011 11:09AM
Also, if they put a Suicune mount in the game...I would not only do whatever it took to get it I would likely pay for a subscription every month until WoW dies. Why? So that every day I can wake up, log in before I take a shower, and see that I have my favorite fricken Pokemon in my favorite fricken MMO and it's a fricken mount.
Three strikes to my heart baby.
SR Feb 28th 2011 1:25PM
WTB Aquatic mount in the shape of Kyogre.
And a flying serpent in the shape of Rayquaza.
Actually, even a non-elite rare Viper that THINKS he's a Wing Serpent would do.
Don't hate. Ruby and Sapphire is still my favorite.
Ves Feb 28th 2011 11:04AM
Pointed stones dug into Fire Hawk Mount!
Entaro Feb 28th 2011 11:59AM
I hate you, and I hate Stealth Rock.
Every time I played my friend. Every. Single. Time.
First move, "Stealth Rock!" And then I died.
walkman222222 Feb 28th 2011 11:05AM
Give me an Articuno!
Scooter Feb 28th 2011 11:29AM
Diglet mount! Enough said.